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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: ThomasBowling on June 15, 2016, 02:06:37 PM

Title: Hook and flip
Post by: ThomasBowling on June 15, 2016, 02:06:37 PM

So what's the diffrence between the 2?
What is flip?

Title: Re: Hook and flip
Post by: JohnP on June 15, 2016, 02:46:51 PM

Hook is a general term for a ball that curves.  Flip is a specific type of hook, describing a ball that goes far down the lane then curves sharply.  Think "hockey stick" versus "banana".  --  JohnP

Title: Re: Hook and flip
Post by: SVstar34 on June 15, 2016, 02:48:14 PM

I'd say flip references a quick response to friction

Title: Re: Hook and flip
Post by: Good Times Good Times on June 15, 2016, 03:03:51 PM

My opinion is that "hook" is more of the overall amount of movement (total strength) vs "flip" which would be ball motion.

Title: Re: Hook and flip
Post by: leftybowler70 on June 15, 2016, 03:11:58 PM

+1 Good Times my thoughts exactly.

Title: Re: Hook and flip
Post by: ThomasBowling on June 15, 2016, 03:55:36 PM

So witha  flip ball you should be quite precise on where you throw it. If you do it wrong, the ball will use up its "power" before it's supposed to?

Title: Re: Hook and flip
Post by: billdozer on June 15, 2016, 04:00:39 PM

Hook is in oil. Flip is exiting the pattern off the dry. 

U will see a sanded ball hook in the mid lane , u usually won't see a shined ball do that.

And vice versa, within reason.

There's a reason they say skid, hook, roll

Title: Re: Hook and flip
Post by: charlest on June 15, 2016, 10:27:38 PM

Quote from: ThomasBowling on June 15, 2016, 03:55:36 PM

So witha  flip ball you should be quite precise on where you throw it. If you do it wrong, the ball will use up its "power" before it's supposed to?

Before OR After it is supposed to hook.
It hits like crazy, providing tons of power WHEN APPLIED CORRECTLY.
When not applied correctly, it leaves TONS and TONS and TONS of washouts and wide open splits.